Madhav

Madhav was an 8th century Indian physician who wrote the Nidena, which soon
assumed a position of authority. In the 79 chapters of this book, he lists
diseases along with their causes, symptoms, and complications. He also
included a special chapter on smallpox.

Ayurveda used a system of inoculation to protect against smallpox. Treatment
was done by inoculation with year-old smallpox matter. The inoculators would
travel all across India pricking the skin of the arm with a small metal
instrument using "variolous matter" taken from pustules produced by the
previous year's inoculations. The effectiveness of this system was confirmed
by the British doctor J.Z. Holwell based on observations made during his
residence in Bengal in an account to the College of Physicians in London in 1767.

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